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ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR AGED FREEMASONS AND WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS . G RAND PATROM AND PRESIDENT : MIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES , K . G ., & c , M . W . G . M . TREASURER : JOHN A . FARNFIELD , Esq . BANKERS : LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK ( Bloomsbury Branch ) , 214 , High Holborn , London , W . C . Upsvards of 13 'S Annuitants have received the benefits of the Institution since its foundation in 1842 . 1 S 2 Men and 230 Widosvs are Annuitants at the present time . Amount paid Annually in Annuities ^ 15 , permanent Income only ^ 3 , 600 Deficit ; £ i 1 , 400 142 Candidates for next Election . THE JUBILEE FESTIVAL svill be held at the COVENT GARDEN THEATRE ROYAL , ON WEDNESDAY , 24-rn FEBRUARY , 1 S 92 , under the distinguished Presidency of the RT . HON . IHE EARL OF MOUNT EDGCUMBE , D . G . M ., R . W . Prov . Grand Master for Cornsvall . Brethren are earnestly solicited to accept the Stesvardship upon this most important occasion , and to forsvard their names as soon as possible , with full particulars , to JAMES TERRY ( V .-Pat ., P . G . Ssvd . Br . ) , Secretary . Office -. —4 , Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C .

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THE SHADWELL CLERKE TRUST . TRUSTEES . Thc M . W . Pro G . M ., the Right Hon . the EARL OF LATHOM . The U . W . Deputy G . M ., the Right Hon . the EARL OF MOUNT EDGCUMBE . The R . W . Bro . Sir ALBERT W . WOODS ( Garter ) , P . G . Warden . CHAIRMAN . The V . W . Bro . THOMAS FENN , Pres . B . of G . P . TREASURER . The V . W . Bro . ROBERT GREY , Pres . B . of B . SECRETARV . The V . W . Bro . FRANK RICHARDSON , P . G . D . COMMITTEE . W . Bro . J . AIRD , M . P ., S . G . D . ri .. „ CHARLES BELTON , P . D . G . D . C . R . W . „ Gen . Hon . SOMERSET J . G . CALTHORPE , P . G . W . W . „ R . CLOWES , G . Std . Br . > . „ RALPH GLUTTON , P . G . D . » „ Col . A . B . COOK , J . P ., P . A . G . D . C . » „ Alderman J . C . DIMSDALE , W . M . 1 , P . G . S . » „ H . I . P . DUMAS , P . G . D . » „ RUDOLPH G . GLOVER , P . D . G . D . C . » . „ CLEMENT GODSON , M . D ., G . Stsvd . .- „ RALPH GOODING , M . D ., P . G . D . » „ FRANK GREEN , P . G . D . u .. „ CHARLES HAMMERTON , P . G . S . B . " •W „ Sir REGINALD HANSON , Bt ., M . P ., P . G . W . W . „ Col . CHARLES HARDING , P . A . G . D . C . » „ Sir G . D . HARRIS , P . G . D . » „ GEORGE IL HOPKINSON , P . G . S . » „ HENRY A . HUNT , P . G . Supt . of Wks . •. „ GEORGE KENNING , P . G . D . Middx . » „ F . S . KNYVETT , P . G . D . » „ Lieut .-Col . GEORGE LAMBERT , P . G . S . B . •>„ E . LETCHWORTH , P . G . D . •. „ P . DE LANDE LONG , P . G . D . »» ,, LOVELAND LOVELAND , P . G . D . » „ C . F . MATIER , P . G . Std . Br . ¦> » I . H . MATTHEWS , P . D . G . D . C . » „ F . MEAD , P . G . S . B . R !> „ J . HASTINGS MILLER , G . S . B . w " ? . JR - MONCKTON , P . G . W . w - >¦ h . MONTEUUIS , P . G . S . B . V w " £ ; JAMES PETERS , P . G . S . B . W " Y ' ' , ' 1 'LBRICK , Q . C , Grand Registrar . W ' " Capt . N . G . PHILIPS , P . G . D . " " L £ 7 P l- 'COTT , P . A . G . D . C . » ., SAMUEL POPE , Q . C , P . G . D . " » Lieut .-Gen . C . W . RANDOLPH , G . Supt . Sussex . " " r , J- 'Ji M * SETON , P . G . D . " " rr ?™ * t TERRY , P . G . Treas . " „ I'REDK . WEST , P . G . D . tho se iWv , meet'il *? 0 . f this Committee , svith the addition of tlieir svUl , ¦ „•" ¦ ••' , , ' , n the '" cantime , may have signified at FOUR „ ° i ! ' T , held hereon MONDAY , th March , OUR 0 clock , of svhich this is to be taken as notice . FRANK RICHARDSON , Freemasons ' Hall , Secretary . 8 'h February , 18 32 .

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THE MASONIC AND MILITARY 1 ORDERS OF KNIGHTS OF ROME AND OF THE RED CROSS OF CONSTANTINE , K . H . S ., AND ST . JOHN THE EVANGELIST . COLONEL SIR FRANCIS BURDETT , BART ., M . III . Grand Sovereign and Grand Commander of St . John . RIGHT HON . THE EARL OF EUSTON , M . Eminent Grand Viceroy and Deputy Grand Commander of St . John . THE ANNUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE GRAND IMPERIAL CONCLAVE WILL DE HOLDEN AT MARK MASONS' HALL , GT . QUEEN ST ., W . C , ON MONDAY , MARCH ~ Vn , 1 S 92 , At FIVE o'clock in the Afternoon . Nominations for Grand Senate , Executive Committee , and Grand High Almoner ' s Fund to be sent to the Grand Recorder before 20 th February . At the conclusion of the business of the Grand Imperial Council , a Commandery of St . John the Evangelist svill be held , and the Orders of K . H . S . and St . John , svill be conferred on all eligible Candidates svho may notify their intention to the Registrar-General , not later than the 2 nd of March •Fee , One Guinea . A BANQUET svill be provided at Seven o'clock . Tickets , One Guinea each ; and it is requested that every Knight Companion intending to dine svill forss'ard his name to the Grand Recorder svith as little delay as possible . Kni ghts svill not be admitted unless they appear in the insignia of their rank in the Order , Knights of St . John in White Sashes . CHARLES FITZGERALD MATIER , Grand Recorder < utd Bctftetrar-Gcncral . Mark Masons' Hall , W . C . THE GENERAL STATUTES OF THE ORDER , svith an Appendix and Engravings of the Jesvels and Regalia—Price , Cloth , is . 6 d . —can be obtained of the GRAND RECORDER , Mark Masons' Hall , W . C .

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Established in the Reign of King William IV . DRINSMEAD PIANOS . BRINSMEAD PIANOS . Her Majesty the QUEEN , His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales , and the Koyal Family USE the BRINSMEAD PIANOFORTES . Prices from 40 Guineas , or £ 3 17 s . per quarter on the hire system . JOHN BRINSMEAD and SONS , Pianoforte Manufacturers , iS , 20 , and 22 , Wigmore Street , London , W . Lists Free , and of the leading Musicsellers . Numerous gold medals .

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GILLIAM ( Successors to Makepeace and Walford ) , SILVERSMITHS , JEWELLERS , AND DIAMOND MOUNTERS , DEALERS IN ANTIQUE PLATE & JEWELLERY . 6 , SERLE STREET , LINCOLN ' S INN , 44 6 , OXFORD STREET , NEAR ORCHARD STREET . The Freenaton of May 10 th , 1801 , says— " Messrs . Gilliam Bros ., Gold and Silversmiths , of 0 , Serlo Street , Lincoln ' s Inn , has'C been veiy fortunate in securing so lino a site for thoir nesv establishment ns -Md , Oxford Street ( near Orchard Street ) , and svo congratulate them on tho beauty and artistic design displayed in thoir nesv premises ; tho stock is of tho most rare and choice kind , and our brethren , svho arc fond of old and pood things in precious metals , would do svell to pay them a vish . "

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PARTRIDGE & COOPER , " THE " STA TIONERS , 192 & 191 , FLEET STREET , LONDON . SCIENTIFIC WHIST CARDS , is . Od . per pack ; free by post is . gd . Although only just published , some thousands have already been sold . PARTRIDGE & COOI ' ER hold one of the largest stock of Playing Cards in London . The Club House Playing Cards , is . per Pack , ns . per doz . A Special Illustrated Catalogueforwarded post free on a / iplieatioti .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

The follosving communications unavoidably stand over : CFArr . —St . Peter ' s Lodge , No . 419 ; Panmure Lodge , No . 7 I *;* , Pattison Lodge , No . 913 ; Brixton Lodge , No . 1949 ; Drury Lane Lodge , No . auj ; and The Lodge of Edinburgh ( Mary ' s Chapel ) , No . 1 ( S . C ) . ROVAI . AKCII . —Bisley Cliaplcr , No . 3317 .

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S ATURDAY , F EBRUARY 13 , 1892 .

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Masonic Notes .

In connection svith the forthcoming Jubilee Festival of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , it has been finall y arranged that no tickets are to be issued to brethren svho are not Stesvards . The space

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available , as sve pointed out last week , svill not suffice to accommodate more than about 1150 , and as there are already more than 1300 brethren who have given

in their names to act on the Board , it is clear that if fresh names are added to the list during the remaining ten days at the same rate as during the past ten , Bro . Terry will find himself almost in the same position as

a man svho undertakes to put a quart of liquid into a pint measure . Hosvever , the brethren svho act as Ladies' Stewards svill dine early in the day at Freemasons' Tavern , and there are many who will be unable

to attend , so that the Sub-Committee in charge of this portion of the arrangements will not be in too serious a quandary . But as regards brethren who are not Stewards dining , that is manifestly out of the question , though no one regrets this more than Bro . Terry .

* * * As regards lady guests , they svill dine in the crush room and in the boxes , and , under the protection of our gallant Bro . Lieut .-Col . Lambert , P . G . S . B ., and his

band of Ladies' Stesvards , we are satisfied they will be svell cared for . After dinner they will svitness the proceedings from the boxes , and enjoy the rare privilege of witnessing a scene such as neither Covent Garden

Theatre nor Old Drury has ever witnessed before . We trust the result of all these labours will be as marvellous as the spectacle svhich svill meet the gaze of our fair friends on the evening of the 24 th instant . # # #

There is one point to svhich reference must be made . The Committee of Management , finding the prospects of the approaching Jubilee so encouraging , have determined upon increasing the number of annuitants on

each Fund by 10 , so that , as regards the Male Fund , the vacancies announced on Wednesday svere 18 , but 28 are to be elected in May next , irrespective of the three deferred annuitants . In the case of the Widosvs '

Fund , eight vacancies svere announced , but 18 , exclusive of the three deferred , svill he elected . This will have the effect of extending still further the enthusiasm svhich is manifest everysvhere over the Jubilee . People

will say if the mere promise of a grand result is sumcent to increase the annuitants by 20 , svhat will be the effect of the grand result itself ? * * *

Great interest is being taken in the forthcoming Festival , to be held on the 19 th instant , in connection svith the 21 st anniversary of the establishment of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Middlesex and Surrey , of svhich Col . Sir Francis Burdett , Bart ., has

been Prov . Grand Master from the first . Under his genial rule Mark Masonry has made ; excellent progress in the province , and his presence and that of Lady Burdett at the anniversary will be warmly welcomed .

For particulars we beg to refer our readers to our advertising columns , and any further information will be gladly afforded by the Hon . Sec . to the Festival , Bro . W . A . Scurrah , , Rutland-street , Regent ' s Park , N . W . * # *

The installation meeting of the Drury Lane Lodge , on Tuesday , svas shorn of a portion of its attractions by the postponement of the annual banquet through the absence of so many members osving to the

prevailing epidemic , and the re-opening on thc same evening of "the other house" at St . Stephens . * * *

Those svho werc present , hosvever , enjoyed a rare treat in listening to the W . M ., Bro . Fernandez , instal . * ling Bro . Bancroft in the chair . Never was the grand ritual of the Craft more sublimely rendered . In the

hands of so practised an elocutionist , nesv beauties appeared to develope themselves , and numbers of those present who had heard again and again the familiar lines , listened with svrapt and earnest attention to the

rounded periods and sympathetic voice of the Installing Master .

It is almost impossible to present a complete record of the special meetings of Provinces and private lodges called for the purpose of voting resolutions of condolence to her Majesty and the Prince and Princess of

Wales on the death of the Duke of Clarence . These expressions of sympathy on the part of the Craft have been universal , and prove not only the love and esteem in svhich the Grand Master is held , but also the feeling

of loyalty to the Throne which in England is an integral portion of Freemasonry . We are almost daily receiving notices of such resolutions , but in viesv of their being so generally adopted and so similar in

character , we must ask our correspondents to consider those already published as fairly representing the feelings of the body at large .